Natalia Speranskaya
Biographic Data
| ID | 9449582 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natalia Speranskaya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natalia |
| FAMILY NAME | Speranskaya |
| SIGNATURE | SPERANSKAYA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Library of Russia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0036-3760 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Contemporary on the First Weeks of Elizaveta Petrovna’s Reign
This article analyses a note written shortly after the palace coup of 25 November 1741, which brought Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, to power. The document is an extract from a letter sent from St Petersburg on 19/30 December 1741 to the Mazovian voivode Stanisław Poniatowski in Poland. Several indirect indications suggest that the author of the message was most likely Johann Sigismund von Pezold, secretary of the Saxon embassy. The auth…
Émilie Du Châtelet’s Manuscripts Preserved at the National Library of Russia
French books of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, or “bibliothèque de cabinet” of Regent Anna Leopoldovna
In 1745, some six hundred volumes of French books were transferred from the Summer Palace, in St. Petersburg, to the Academy of Sciences, and in 1750 returned to the court. Here, we show that three inventories of these books have been preserved to this day, two of which contain an indication that they had belonged to Anna Leopoldovna (in 1740-41, regent during the reign of her underage son, Emperor Ioann Antonovich), and were later donated by Emp…
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French books of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, or “bibliothèque de cabinet” of Regent Anna Leopoldovna
In 1745, some six hundred volumes of French books were transferred from the Summer Palace, in St. Petersburg, to the Academy of Sciences, and in 1750 returned to the court. Here, we show that three inventories of these books have been preserved to this day, two of which contain an indication that they had belonged to Anna Leopoldovna (in 1740-41, regent during the reign of her underage son, Emperor Ioann Antonovich), and were later donated by Emp…
Émilie Du Châtelet’s Manuscripts Preserved at the National Library of Russia
A Contemporary on the First Weeks of Elizaveta Petrovna’s Reign
This article analyses a note written shortly after the palace coup of 25 November 1741, which brought Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, to power. The document is an extract from a letter sent from St Petersburg on 19/30 December 1741 to the Mazovian voivode Stanisław Poniatowski in Poland. Several indirect indications suggest that the author of the message was most likely Johann Sigismund von Pezold, secretary of the Saxon embassy. The auth…
Art (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Reign (2 works) · Art history (1 work) · Balkan and Eastern European Studies (1 work) · Biology (1 work)